Built: 1857

Type: Octagonal Brick Tower

Height: 150 feet

Status: Non-Avtive

Location: Lighthouse Island in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

Deactivated: 1947

Lens: 1858 First Order Fresnel / 1931 Revolving Beacon / 1937 Automated

Elevation: 161 ft

Keepers:

Notes: In 1857, an 150 ft (45.7 m) octagonal brick tower was built. In 1858, a first-order Fresnel lens was installed. Although is was out of service during the Civil War, it was operating in 1866. after the Civil War. In 1931, a revolving beacon replaced the Fresnel lens. It was automated in 1937 and decommissioned in 1947. Built slightly out of plumb, this tower has a distinct tilt.
The current daymark of the 1857 lighthouse has distinctive white and black markings. The upper two-thirds of the tower's octagonal sides alternate white and black; the lower one-third is white. Its lantern survives.